Best Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe Recipe Cards

CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first four ingredients; set aside. In a small saucepan, bring butter, cocoa and water to a boil. Immediately remove from the heat. Add to dry ingredients and mix well. , In a small bowl, beat eggs. Add buttermilk and vanilla; mix well. Stir into cocoa mixture. Pour into a greased 15x10-x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 375° for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean., Meanwhile, in a saucepan, bring the butter, cocoa and milk to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; add sugar and vanilla. Mix well. Spread over hot cake; immediately sprinkle with nuts. Cool completely on a wire rack.

CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 9x13 inch baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add in the eggs, milk, vegetable oil and vanilla, and mix until fully incorporated.
• Slowly mix in the boiling water. The batter will be very watery, and that is okay!
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan, and bake in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, cream together all of the frosting ingredients until smooth. Frost the cake once it is cool.

CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, eggs, vanilla and baking soda.
• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and add the cocoa; whisk to combine. Add the boiling water to the pan, mix and heat until bubbling, then turn off the heat. Pour the hot chocolate mixture into the flour mixture and stir to combine. Pour in the egg mixture and stir together until smooth. Pour into an ungreased, nonstick 12x18-inch rimmed pan (jelly roll pan), and bake for about 20 minutes, or until the cake is set and no longer gooey in the middle.
• While the cake is baking, make the icing. Melt the butter in a medium-large saucepan over medium heat. Add the cocoa powder and stir until smooth. Pull the pan off the heat. Add the milk and vanilla, then stir in the powdered sugar. Use a whisk and stir vigorously to get all of the lumps out. Pour the warm icing over the cake as soon as it comes out of the oven. Try and pour it over the cake evenly and spread it out quickly to cover the top, then don't mess with it. If you want sprinkles or nuts on top, sprinkle those on immediately. Let the cake sit at room temperature until ready to serve.

OLD FASHIONED CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F.
• Grease a 13x9-inch pan and dust with cocoa. Set aside.
• Combine the cocoa, flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
• Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy - about 2 minutes
• Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each.
• Stir in the vanilla.
• With mixer on low blend in 1/3 of the flour mixture.
• Add 1/2 the sour cream.
• Blend in 1/3 of the flour mixture.
• Add the rest of the sour cream.
• Stir in the remaining flour mixture.
• Spoon batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until done.
• Cool.
• Add the cream, pudding mix, and powdered sugar to the bowl of a mixer.
• Whip until light and fluffy.
• Spread thickly on cooled cake.

THE BEST CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE. EVER.

Steps:

• Note: I use an 18x13 sheet cake pan. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt. In a saucepan, melt butter. Add cocoa. Stir together. Add boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.
• In a measuring cup, pour the buttermilk and add beaten eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.
• While cake is baking, make the icing. Chop pecans finely. Melt butter in a saucepan. Add cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat. Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Stir together. Add the pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.Cut into squares, eat, and totally wig out over the fact that you've just made the best chocolate sheet cake. Ever.

CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Stir together and set aside.
• In another bowl, mix the buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla and eggs. Mix with a fork and set aside.
• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and add the cocoa. Whisk together to combine. Meanwhile, bring 1 cup water to a boil. When the butter is melted, pour the boiling water in the pan. Allow to bubble for a moment, then turn off the heat. Pour the chocolate mixture into the flour mixture. Stir together for a moment to cool the chocolate, then pour in the egg mixture. Stir together until smooth, then pour into an ungreased jelly roll pan (or rimmed baking sheet) and bake for 20 minutes.
• While the cake is baking, make the icing: Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the cocoa powder and stir until smooth. Add the milk, vanilla and powdered sugar. Stir together. Dump in the pecans and stir until well combined.
• Immediately after removing the cake from the oven, pour the warm icing over the top. You'll want to avoid doing much spreading, so try to distribute it evenly as you pour.